The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
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About the ead 81 March, 1874, tllase wag
Organized in thu nanish % Ilnfourohe negro
mllitin company nn6nt command Of ons
Lewis BeujaHiin, Company q sixth betsai-
ion Infantry.
The records in the Adiutant Generals o.
flee showed thnt Henry Street, then Adiutant
General, delivered to Capt Lawns Daninnini
on the EIfL Of April, 1874, the following.
Fifty Enfield rifle mualfats complete, fifty
cartridge boxes, fifty beyonet scabbnFde,
fifty waist belts fifty waist belt nates, iiftycsp
boxes, one aorgeants sword, belt and frog;
1000 rounds Enfield bah cart1iidgeg, onel
drum, one pair drum sticks, one pair drum
aiing and carriages, one fife.
The character OF the company and the
uas to which the arms were put will be
seen in the following extract from hniet
Of II. I'll Miehelet, chairman Democratic
committee, parish Of Iafourdhe, dining the
campaign Of 1876, In reference to tie con,
duct Of the election in that parishaiu 1S76,
elahmitted to the Morrison IGuIigrassiena}
committee ID session in New Orleans IN
1876-TT:
At Poll 10, locnfod forty miles from She county
seat, there syaa no llenlpgaatic Stale counts
sheets pens, paper illk and sealingwaa for tibet
poll The tw5 hqpnhliaan ooniinisaionels Of thnt
sioner The election was 3ar and Heaeeahle.
Two hundred and isfteeu No5ee were pg1ied the
peteA--gtRing the Danlocrfts olear iaai0ritg 81
IL votes, Afr. 81 a pSnlliyans pagipcrftic
sfbGt which was swofn TO py en- thEee state
Commissioners The iiazt atep was 70 seal ne
5 35i n5 WAX s5i9 Ham S' asd 8 fe sl,e
tcile eiisFEe Of the boz and retlirlls psit slity
returns and, uRdor the upineuiHte AnrYftl7
lance 81 cnlofeu ilaIn9iieAn eohstanl9'i
hnnss and llaIlded the boz and ratugna to ~,
A. Isdst who at first refused 10 fepetge either
tllat NJ. f,st ssajili be laafs 70 receive tie BOY
and resfFile WleeeuRQn AL the cQl2fti men
hai an hour 40 eQl0gsd Ipen Organised into
reggilar companies cetle'teu on the eainplQns
Benjamin. Of HAzefi negro apt Indian blood. the
number Of eolQEed women, afpleyl Yin .e3iia|
knives, stood IN tie van ana ugged BsIi&ulla and
49, ~ 80 ~ i s,, ,s,,,id - 80 ~ az
tag9n and butchsr R8hite women anl 0hildrsn, No
{llat tas F =, at Re 4 s q al,
their homes aIld iainjlle fiaaaine, a brifsht
IpnisttEesa 9nq ere VIC q A;enlagiilli e,l.siqp
set Gre to the whole town and thas eli Che
eolored women who did not help her wogill
d Company of negro Iailitia. aFined with Slate
arms which hAs been driliinE every saturday
egeniBg fer the est tlrea nliitlt On he very
same commons where the warriors aud snaiE col
Ured Alpazoue collected on The occasion above
sFlliGlsthese culaPgd men armed themselves sass
lsfies nae that they liad been !efsanigen grHleH
gapId be committed ly Isetiets and With the de-
iihqpate pllrpQae tgat these frauds Hhqflp " POE
l.atpatea at all itil2frfls, am also t5sed tat
their aEnas had been cplleaied tpgethar aefaFe
the election and bud been e9ngsAlgu qq the day
Of election, within prohibited diPtafleo az ne
poll held at the CpurthguHR. l.he In4ipFityqf the
4fnled men ave Airaetloesoit IL We eqgR-
tEg agf yet tlsir arms were al IL toYn ready for
on tie a7th, of April, 1877. the following
order was issued to Alsjof Moore, Of Sen.
Niaholisa stan;
AdiutHnt 9ppeEalia Office,
New 3rleaas, Apgil III 1870
AIajor l. D Moore, Thiboianx
Dear 6ir-Yqu will take measures to haze
eolleeted such arms ana el1iplllailss helong-
ing TO the Slate which may be AZ the hands
Of any party 81 PARTIES IN glltr parrish, and
report to tlIis Office the nuI1bar 80 eQllegletl,
will be ROuE authority far any Steps ,ypn may
ind it Necessary to take.
3y.order Of the Governor.
II w. PArguEt Adiptant General
Acting under tiis orQer, Major Moore
made demand an Bsnjapniti, Tue negrp cap
tam, for the afinEi etc, which aeHl4 gp nar-
amin Reused = eQalply VI tl and u vac rll-
Benjamin, another ilesgoi Oscar siFNKisr,
Kelloeg tax collector for the Parish 81 Ia-
f0plche, had gone IT, the tiItg of NaW Or
leans 70 zee SSsn. Aleiloii about Tue MA ser.
~ tlle neahNiille 4AA@et 9A9Qge h4p FtiFed
TIE Auintaut General about the refusal to-
which telegram be receiFod the following re-
Ply
Ad5ptsut General 9slice,
Aag Qrieans, 4iay laiAsi3s3
Major I 70. Moore, RihbodAttE.
Z spbnitted gegr telegEam 81 the oh ri
the Governor. Ile inaigaats me " suspend
any action IN relation 10 the collection OF
ataye aEms. A0u Wall, tilesetGra, ean8iiief
my orders tp Foll ga the subject gf tle ailps
IN l@fonEehe belonging to the State re-
s9AsS' 's's ''''i4s' / Ng PArTog.
No reply To above wag nlalie b Mai1r
Moore Then aEain oit we sch ~ AkAg,
1877, the following WAS Gecai7ea:
AtllutAlit q e1;llis Oihce
Now 0riesAg' aisS II lsil9
O. 6Epzisr, ESQ lEhibodaltx
Dear t5ir7 eur Jester qf the lIth insiant
came duly to aRpu. lhalat Moore lltd pgllass-
tlly not reserved my tsaI Wien pt3l All N lltl
i shall. 2aRGkef, write "a lfip AlgIin
Az s2fli Vi, m WI etaa ~ VIZ "a g2sf egRs
Brig. Cen Ratleiig. eognyaAhdlns the mil
taFg ulsfTlct ~ which BAf0llegka f1rns Il
part 81 the peeessals llaperg, including tie
sion of your company With Reference To
the elFeAlar 3 which gell aiiai6e, can only
ss,y fhAt It hrs been lniscnnatrHe1 Apd lls
lsetls d.s9e9s eIit aef ss ~
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nathinE eAsa. Rerg faspees fail
Asai9F n aioare hsSotAuz:
Dear Sill ytaie 10 Won some DAYS agp III
the aEl9is b loagiAg X t8e sEate ia tlse PARISH
I Fglss liils tie impression feesn my con
SeEssihap with gQli tllat tle arlnA sFare ia
tae hSads 81 hi safe individuals who nerl
uSilg them fot hIntim8 HHrt1sf and Il
tlHfsf0te gaze Vol tlie ps der ~ Ellifat them.
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m'litis, and aetinG sigt illc eiGVe fnarf IN
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any .i,s'oil 9f tt9aple liHnl cessaJi5g-
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